Legislative Activity Senate Finance Committee Outlines Path Forward on Tax Reform On June 5, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) announced the Committee’s next steps with regard to comprehensive tax reform. As part of its efforts, the Committee will hold three hearings during June and July focused on: … Continue Reading
Legislative Activity House to Vote on Legislation to Permanently Extend R&D Tax Credit During the week of May 5, the House of Representatives is set to vote on H.R. 4438, the “American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014,” which is one of six bills considered during the House Ways and Means Committee’s markup of certain … Continue Reading
Legislative Activity Ways and Means Committee to Hold First Hearing on Tax Extenders; Finance Committee Passes Tax Extenders Bill On Tuesday, April 8, the House Ways and Means Committee will hold its first hearing on tax extenders to consider those expired provisions that should be made permanent or provided long-term extensions. This will likely be … Continue Reading
Tax Legislative Activity January 1 Passes and Tax Extenders Allowed to Expire No agreement was reached by January 1, 2014 on renewing many tax code provisions that expired on December 31, 2013. These provisions, commonly referred to as “tax extenders”, include the research and development credit, wind credit and the exception for active financing, among … Continue Reading
Tax Legislative Activity Baucus Releases Final Proposal on Cost Recovery and Accounting On Thursday, November 21, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) issued his final release in a series of staff discussion drafts to reform the nation’s tax code, this one on cost recovery and accounting. Proposal Summary In making the case for reforming … Continue Reading
Tax Legislative Activity Baucus Releases International Reform Proposal On Tuesday, November 19, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) released a staff discussion draft on international business tax reform. In his statement, Chairman Baucus indicated that today’s international reform draft is intended to be revenue neutral, but reiterated his position that, as a whole, tax … Continue Reading
Legislative Activity Comprehensive Tax Reform to be Delayed House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) acknowledged last week that plans to overhaul the nation’s tax code may not make it out of committee this year. Although Chairman Camp remained hopeful, he pointed to the government shutdown as slowing momentum and demurred when asked whether … Continue Reading
Legislative Activity Senate Tax Writing Committee Continues Meetings on Reform The Senate Finance Committee has continued its series of closed-door committee meetings on tax reform, recently issuing an options paper addressing charitable and tax-exempt organizations. The most recent paper is available here. The Committee’s paper on charitable and tax-exempt organizations was the ninth topic covered … Continue Reading
Legislative Activity Tax Writing Committee Meetings Continue The Senate Finance Committee has continued their series of closed-door Committee meetings on tax reform, recently issuing their latest Option Paper last Thursday, June 6 – this one on Types of Income and Business Entities. The closed-door meetings have facilitated discussion among Senators in an attempt to find … Continue Reading
